Aruvtha d’dahva, the Friday of Gold (സ്വർണ്ണവെള്ളി)

It is the commemoration of the healing of the Lame Beggar in Acts 3:1-10. 

Peter said: “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, [rise and] walk.” [പത്രോസ് പറഞ്ഞു: വെള്ളിയോ സ്വര്‍ണമോ എന്റെ കൈയിലില്ല. എനിക്കുള്ളതു ഞാന്‍ നിനക്കു തരുന്നു. നസറായനായ യേശുക്രിസ്‌തുവിന്റെ നാമത്തില്‍ എഴുന്നേറ്റു നടക്കുക.] – Acts 3:6.

(The miracle has a dramatic cast; it symbolizes the saving power of Christ and leads the beggar to enter the temple, where he hears Peter’s proclamation of salvation through Jesus.)

This is the first miracle from the Apostles after receiving the Holy Spirit and thus the Eastern Churches celebrate it in a special way. Peter’s and John’s healing of the lame man who suffered since birth with this infirmity can give us confidence that even the deepest seated inclinations and proclivities to sin can be removed. With this symbolic action, he gave his apostolic witness of the infinite power of the Atonement of Christ. As we trust in this witness and in the power of Christ’s name, we too can receive strength and enter “into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God”.I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, [rise and] walk.